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Audiences rate it 19 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
After striking gold in Alaska, the romantic George sends his womanizing partner Sam to bring his fiancée up from Seattle. When Sam finds that she has already married, he returns instead with Angel, a dancer originally from France.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes50%
Audiences rate it 19 points higher than critics do.
139 audience votes
Key crew
- Ben HechtScreenplay
- Lionel NewmanOriginal Music Composer
- John Lee MahinScreenplay
- Martin RackinScreenplay
- Henry HathawayDirector
- Wendell MayesScreenplay
- Ladislas FodorScreenplay
- Claude BinyonScreenplay
Cast
- John WayneSam McCord
- Stewart GrangerGeorge Pratt
- Ernie KovacsFrankie Canon
- FabianBilly Pratt
- CapucineMichelle "Angel" Bonet
- Mickey ShaughnessyPeter Boggs
- Karl SwensonLars Nordqvist
- Kathleen FreemanLena Nordqvist
- John QualenLogger
- Stanley AdamsBreezy
- Alan CarneyBartender (uncredited)
- James GriffithSalvation Army Leader
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Themes
goldgold rushalaska